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Police, fire budgets and millage draw scrutiny as council presses for clearer tracking
Summary
Council questioned how the newly approved police-and-fire millage will be allocated as staff presented police staffing levels, Flock/drone use details and the fire department’s capital needs; police chief said drones and Flock are used for exigent or investigative purposes.
The council’s budget review included an extended exchange on how new millage revenue for police and fire is being allocated and what it will fund.
Police Chief (first on the agenda) told the council the department is authorized for 84 officers and currently staffs 80, with two new officers to be sworn in next month. He outlined modest budget changes driven by contractual salary and benefit increases, and listed capital requests including drone replacement, new car radios to meet an encryption mandate, replacement AEDs, a retiring canine, and new vehicles.…
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